Steak Hand Pie Recipes

STEAK AND KIDNEY PIE II

Steps:

• Cover beef kidney with lightly salted water. Cover, and refrigerate overnight. Drain off water. Cut out tubes and white membrane with scissors. Dice meat
• In a stew pot, brown kidney and steak in hot fat. Add onions, seasonings, and 1 1/2 cups water. Simmer until meat is almost tender, about 1 hour.
• Add potatoes and continue simmering until potatoes are tender, about 1/2 hour.
• Blend together flour and remaining 1/2 cup water; stir into meat mixture. Continue cooking and stirring until mixture thickens. Pour into 3 quart casserole.
• Roll out pastry slightly larger than top of casserole. Place over meat mixture, and trim to overhang 1 inch. Fold under, and flute against inside edge of casserole. Cut several steam vents in center.
• Bake at 425 degrees F (220 degrees C) until lightly browned, about 30 minutes.

STEAK AND GUINNESS PIE - JAMIE OLIVER

Steps:

• Season your beef generously with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with the flour and toss around until all pieces are well coated.
• Heat olive oil, over med.-high heat, in a large casserole type pan and brown the meat. Make sure to not crowd your meat. You may do this in two batches, if necessary.
• Add the onion and cook for 1 more minute. Then add the carrots, potatoes and fresh herbs. Cook for another 4 minutes. Add the Guinness and tomatoes and bring to a boil. Stir and turn down the heat to simmer. Simmer this mixture for about 2 hours or until the meat is very tender. The sauce should be thick and intensely flavored. Season if needed.
• To make pies:.
• Preheat your oven to 375 degrees F.
• Put your meat filling into a large, round baking dish. You could also make individual pies. Any high-sided round ovenproof bowl is fine.
• Roll out the pastry, dusting with flour as you go, until it is about 1/4 inch thick. Cut out a large circle (or individual circles for smaller servings) - about 1/2 inch bigger than the top of your bowl. Brush the rim(s) of the bowl with the beaten egg, then place the pastry circle(s) on top, pushing the excess pastry down the outside of the bowl to secure. Lightly score the top of the pastry in a criss-cross manner and brush with more of the beaten egg.
• Bake in the middle of the preheated oven for about 45 minutes or until golden and bubbling.

STEAK PIE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add beef stew meat, and cook until browned on the outside. Add the onion; cook and stir until tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in the mushroom gravy mix and 1 cup of water. Season with Worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper. Turn heat to low, and simmer for 20 to 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Transfer the beef mixture to a casserole dish. Roll out the puff pastry to cover the top of the casserole dish. Press edges onto the rim of the dish to seal. Whisk together the egg and 1 tablespoon of water in a small cup using a fork. Brush over the top of the pastry.
• Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven, until the pastry is puffed and golden brown.

STEAK AND MUSHROOM PIE

Steps:

• Season beef with salt and pepper then toss with the 1/4 cup of flour. Sear in an Instant Pot with 1 tbsp of olive oil until fully browned on all sides. You will have to do this in a couple batches. Transfer to a plate.
• Saute the sauteables and cook the beef: Add the remaining tbsp of olive oil and heat. Add the onion, garlic, celery, carrots to the pot and saute for 5 minutes until the onion softens. Sprinkle the 2 tbsp of flour over the veggies and stir. Add the wine or beer and beef broth and stir until the flour dissolves. Add the thyme, bay leaves, and cooked beef back to the instant pot. Close the lid (follow the manufacturer's guide for instructions on how to close the instant pot lid). Cook on high pressure for 35 minutes until the beef is fork tender. After the pressure cook cycle is complete, follow the manufacturer's guide for quick release and wait until the quick release cycle is complete. Careful of any remaining steam, unlock and remove the lid.
• Fry the bacon and mushrooms: In another skillet, fry the bacon, drain some of the fat then add the mushrooms and saute for 5 minutes. Add the bacon and mushrooms to the instant pot. Stir everything together. Remove the bay leaves and thyme. Season with salt and pepper as needed. Switch the instant pot to the saute setting again (do not put the lid on) and simmer for 10 minutes until mushrooms are tender.
• Preheat oven to 400 F degrees.
• Finish the dish: Pour the stew into a 9x13-inch casserole dish, then top with a sheet puff pastry. You might need 2 sheets, depends on how big they are. Brush with egg yolk. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes until golden brown. Rest for 5 minutes before serving.

BRITISH STEAK AND ALE PIE

Steps:

• To make the pastry in a food processor: Add the flour and salt and butter. Pulse until you get the texture of fine breadcrumbs. With the processor running, slowly drizzle in cold water until it forms a ball. You may need more or less water depending on the dough.
• To make the pastry by hand: Add the flour, salt and butter to a large bowl. Using your fingertips (or a pastry cutter) rub the butter and flour until it resembles breadcrumbs. Drizzle in the water and mix using a fork until the it starts to come together and holds together when pressed in your hand.. You may not need all of the water.
• Remove and shape into a ball on a floured board. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate.
• For the filling:
• Add the vegetable oil and butter to a large, heavy, ovenproof saucepan or braising pan over medium high heat. Add the beef and cook, turning the pieces until brown on all sides. Remove and set aside.
• To the same pan, add the onion and carrots and cook until the onions soften, about 5 minutes. Add garlic, tomato paste and Worcestershire sauce. Stir to mix well and cook for 1 minute.
• Sprinkle in the flour and stir well until all the flour is well mixed. Cook for 2 minutes, then add the ale and stir until it starts to thicken. Stir in the beef, beef stock, thyme, rosemary, salt and pepper.
• Cover with a lid and allow to come to a low simmer for 35-45 minutes. Remove the lid and simmer for 15 more minutes to thicken the liquid. You do not want the liquid too runny, it should be thick. The meat should be quite tender, but will also continue cooking in the oven.
• Preheat oven to 425°F/220°C with rack in the center of the oven. Lightly butter a 9 or 10-inch (23 or 25.5 cm) pie dish.
• Remove the dough from the refrigerator and cut in half. Wrap one half back in the plastic wrap and refrigerate.
• Roll out the other half onto a floured surface to a thickness of 1/8 of an inch. Cut a circle from the dough 1/2 inch larger than your pan and place into the pie dish allowing the edge to hang over.
• Cut a large circle of parchment paper or foil larger than the pan or and place on top of the pastry in the pie dish. Pour the dried beans to the center to weigh down the dough. Or, place a piece of foil on top of the dough and weigh down with an oven-proof dish that will fit inside. Bake for 12 minutes until you start to see the edges get a little golden brown.
• Remove the crust from the oven, grab the corners of the paper or foil and remove the beans. Make holes in the bottom of the pastry with a fork to prevent it puffing. If it puffs, it should go down. Return the crust to the oven for 5 more minutes to cook the bottom of the pastry.
• Once the crust is out of the oven take the rest of the dough and roll out onto a floured surface and cut a 10-inch circle.
• Fill the cooked crust with the beef filling.
• Brush the edges of the cooked pastry with the egg. Roll the pastry circle over your rolling pin, lift and place on top of the pie with the egg washed edges down so they stick to the other dough, pinch the edges or press with a fork.
• Brush with the entire top with egg wash and cut a couple of slits in the center of the crust. Bake for 15 minutes until golden brown. The time will vary depending on your oven.

GLUTEN FREE STEAK AND ALE PIE

Steps:

• Start by making a batch of my gluten free shortcrust pastry and then place in the refrigerator to chill.
• Finely chop the celery. Peel and finely chop the onion. Halve the carrots longways and then cut into chunks. Peel and finely chop the garlic cloves. Roughly chop the mushrooms into chunks.
• Add the beef shin chunks to a large bowl, add the gluten free flour and season generously with salt and pepper. Toss until the beef is completely coated in the flour.
• Add half of the butter to a large, deep skillet and heat on a medium-high heat. Once hot, add the beef chunks and stir fry until browned on all sides. Remove the beef chunks from the pan and into a bowl. Pour a small dash of the ale into the pan, swill around and scrape the bottom, and then pour juices into the bowl with the beef.
• Melt the rest of the butter in the same pan on a medium heat, then add the vegetables. Fry for 4-5 minutes until they start to soften. Add the beef and juices back to the pan.
• Pour in the beef stock and ale, then add the tomato puree, fresh thyme and dried rosemary. Stir well.
• Bring to the boil, then turn down to a simmer and place a lid on the pan. Cook for 90 minutes on a low heat, stirring occasionally. The sauce should thicken nicely.
• Remove the filling from the heat and set to one side. Ideally, leave this for at least an hour or two to cool completely (or overnight in the fridge) - though you can press on with making the pies if you wish.
• Remove the pastry from the fridge. Preheat the oven to 200'C / Fan 180'C / Gas Mark 6.
• Break off a quarter of the pastry, dust the work surface with gluten free flour and roll until it around 4mm thick. Lay the pastry over the first pie dish and gently press it into the dish and over the lip.
• Trim the excess (set this to one side for the lids) and prick the bottom of the pie with a fork. Repeat until all four pie dishes are lined with pastry.
• Spoon the cooled pie filling equally between the four pie dishes.
• Ball the leftover pastry remnants together, then break off a quarter and roll out to around 4mm thick, so that it is just larger than the diameter of the pie top.
• Brush the lip of the pie crust with a beaten egg, then gently lay the rolled-out pastry over the top. Press the edges together with your fingers and trim with a knife. Then use a fork to press them together.
• Repeat this for all four pies. When done, cut a slit in the top of each pie (to vent steam, so it doesn't explode!) then brush the tops with the beaten egg.
• Place in the oven for 30-35 minutes until golden on top and the pie filling is bubbling. Serve straight away.

STEAK AND ALE HAND PIES

Steps:

• Season steak cubes with salt and pepper and preheat a large saucepan or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Sear cubes in canola oil for 3-4 minutes, reduce heat to medium, add onions and garlic; continue to sear 2 minutes. Add beef broth and Worcestershire sauce, turn heat down to low and simmer 20 minutes.
• In a small pitcher, whisk together beer and corn starch to create a slurry. Pour into beef and stir over medium heat to thicken the mixture, 2 minutes. Turn off heat, add frozen vegetables and potatoes, and allow to cool while preparing dough.
• Preheat oven to 400°F. Flour a work surface and roll out each of the eight biscuit dough portions into 7-inch rounds.
• Measure 1/2-cup of stew into the dough rounds. Brush the edge of the dough with egg wash half way around the circumference of the dough then fold over the other edge of the dough to form half circles. Using the tines of a fork, gently crimp the folded edge to seal. Puncture the top of the dough 3-4 times with the fork to allow steam to escape while baking.
• Brush each hand pie with remaining egg wash and arrange on a sheet pan. Bake for 15 minutes. Allow to cool before serving.

STEAK HAND PIE

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, combine the beef, flour and paprika. Stir to combine. Add the thyme, garlic, potato, onion and some salt and pepper. Stir to combine.
• Divide one portion of the chilled Part-Butter/Part-Shortening Easy Pie Dough into 8 equal pieces. Roll each piece of dough into a round about 3 inches in diameter. You can use a 3-inch round cookie cutter to cut each round and even the edges if you desire. Repeat with the second piece of chilled dough.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Brush each round of dough with the egg wash. Divide the filling among the rounds, piling it in the middle of each round. Bring the sides of the dough up to meet the middle and gently crimp the edges down in the center. Cut 3 small slits into each hand pie to allow steam to escape. Brush the top of the pies with egg wash.
• Bake until golden brown, about 30 minutes. Allow to cool slightly before serving.
• In the bowl of a food processor fitted with the blade attachment, pulse together the flour, sugar, salt, butter and shortening until the mixture resembles cornmeal but there are still pea-sized chunks of fat.
• In a small bowl, stir together the ice water and lemon juice. Slowly add the liquid to the flour mixture, pulsing, until the dough just comes together. Squeeze a small piece of dough between your thumb and index finger to make sure it holds its shape.
• Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and divide it in half. Gently turn over each piece of dough a few times so that any dry bits are incorporated. Form each piece into a loose disk, cover the dough with plastic wrap and let it rest in the refrigerator for at least 20 minutes.

HAIRY BIKERS' STEAK AND ALE PIE RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 220°C/428°F/Gas Mark 7.
• Pour flour into a bowl and season well. Coat the meat with the seasoned flour.
• Heat half the butter in a heated pan and add the meat. Sear all over until golden brown.
• Add the vegetables, herbs, ale and stock. Bring to a simmer, then cover with a lid and gently simmer for 1 hr. When cooked, season, add the remaining butter and pour into an ovenproof serving dish.
• Brush the edge of the dish with the beaten egg. Roll out the pastry using as little flour as possible and place over the dish. Pinch the edges of the dish so that the pastry will stick to it and trim off any remaining pieces of pastry from around the edge. Brush the pastry top thoroughly with the remaining beaten egg and place on a baking tray.
• Bake in the oven for 20-30 mins until the pastry is golden brown on top.